dangerous food

My cousin once told me when I was 7 that broccoli stems were poisonous and that you'd die if you ate them.

I am quite happy to have been told this by my mother, that they are indeed, not poisonous.

Kelly Irene

i used to belive that if you ate too many chips youd turn into one

holly

i used to believe that my chicken would die if I could not eat all lunch.

amadhea

i used to beleive that bananas were evil

bob

My mother used to tell me if I ate cheese in bed (she caught me doing this once) that mice would chew off my ears as I was sleeping.I always pictured the abominable doctor Phibes and thought he must of fell to the same fate.

oneno

I used to think that boysenberry was poisonberry and couldn't understand whay anyone would want to eat it.

Anon

When I was little, I thought that if you just ate plain ketchup (no food with it), it made a hole in your stomach and it leaked into your body and that is why blood is red!!

skybluegirl

i used to belive brocolie carrots and potatoes grew in your ears until i ate some earwax..it was horrible.....

...batman..........

I used to believe collieflowers and sweetcorns grew from your ears if you didnt clean them...needless to say i never cleaned them and nothnig grew from them

Boddah

When I was 10 or so my dad told me that freezer burn on ice cream gave you cancer. I never questioned this belief and held onto it subconsciously until I was 17. Whenever I saw freezer burn on ice cream I'd either a) eat around it or b) put it back in the freezer, never thinking that maybe I should either not eat around cancer or maybe even throw it out. It was when I wondered "why don't we throw it out, then?" that I realized maybe he had been joking.

sascha

I used to believe that is you cooked eggs the wrong way you would fry your brain on drugs, because of that old public service ad that said, "this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs," and then they would crack and fry an egg.

Regina

When I was young my Grandma told me that eating to many pickled onions would stunt my growth. So I was frightened to death of touching them, because I was only 3 foot at the time and did not what to stay that way. Everything has worked out I am 6.1 and love eating pickles. My idea is that I don’t want to grow any taller, so I must be safe to eat then now. Thanks Granny

Jonathan

When I was younger I used to like the top of the yogurt pot. One day I accidentally ate a pieace, convinced I was going to die I tryed for hours to make it come out the other end.

Rosemary

When I was little my parents used to make me toast, use cookie cutters to cut it into interesting shapes, and then put butter, jelly, or peanut butter on the shapes...it was easy to make and I was a really finicky kid.

Anyway, one day my mom accidentally put peanut butter *and* butter on a piece of toast - I didn't expect it and I guess I had a weird reaction. My dad asked what was wrong and I told him about the peanut butter-butter combination, and he exclaimed "poison!" Now I realize he just meant that it didn't sound like a particularly appetizing mix, but then I thought he meant it was *actually* poison. I started crying *really* loudly because I thought I was going to die.

Meghan

I used to think that grits were worms... my mom told it to me, and to this day she deny's it... but I know she did........

kimi

When I was little, I was watching Barney, and one of the little girls told a story about a boy who ate noodles so much, he turned into a giant noodle (i think they were trying to teach kids not to be afraid of trying new foods). After that I refused to eat noodles, thinking I would accidently eat a kid who had turned into one.

Rogue

i was about 5 or 6 when my mother would take my brothers and i to the grocery store, they once told me that if i touched an eggplant i would turn into one. And after that i was always afraid to touch it. Now that i am older...i laugh at myself when i see an eggplant but wont touch it

aDeL

When I was about 2 my cousin who was about 9 told me that if I ate the pointy ends of french fries, I would choke on them and die instantly. I now know that isn't true after a humiliating incident and swallowing one without biting off the end first and told everyone I was dying and to call 911. I still can't break the habit of breaking off the ends of the fries. Man I love my cousin.

Amanda